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prebendary

Definitions:

PREBENDARYSHIP.
- The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899. (noun) (n.)
One who enjoys a prebend; one who receives a stipend from a cathedral or collegiate church.
- Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874. (noun) (n.)
One who enjoys a prebend.
- The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894. (noun) (n.)
An ecelesiastic who enjoys a prebend: the stipendiary of a cathedral.
- Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914. (noun) (n.)
An ecclesiastic who enjoys a prebend: an officiating or residentiary canon.
- The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899. (noun) (n.)

Usage examples:

Mr. Robert Grattan, Prebendary of St. Audeon's, my strong box, on condition of his giving the sole use of the said box to his brother, Dr. James Grattan, during the life of the said Doctor, who hath more occasion for it.
- The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753),Vol. V. by Theophilus Cibber
The prebendary Botzheim of Constance informed Vadianus that there was a powerful movement among the people.
- The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Hottinger
At this crisis Prebendary Gordon Calthrop, who became the first President, called together a number of friends, with the result that Mr. Lipshytz was asked to undertake the re- organization of the work.
- Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.